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Parents, students urge reconsideration of Gladstone teacher nonrenewal; superintendent warns district will no longer accompany student walkouts
Summary
Multiple students, parents and teachers urged the board to reconsider the nonrenewal of Gladstone Middle School teacher John Mark Galloway; Superintendent Ortega said the district would no longer accompany student walkouts and that discipline may be enacted under board policy effective immediately.
Several students, parents and staff members used public comment on Feb. 11 to urge the Azusa Unified School District Board to reconsider or explain the decision not to retain Gladstone Middle School teacher John Mark Galloway. That same meeting included a statement from Superintendent Arturo Ortega that the district will cease accompanying student walkouts and that disciplinary measures may follow per board policy.
Kellen Salampa, a history teacher at Gladstone Middle School, said Galloway had been asked not to return and "was not given a reason" or an opportunity to improve; Salampa urged the board to ask for a reason. Multiple students spoke in…
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